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| From | Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) |
| Date | 2019-03-10 18:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xAaAx-5kF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xA9bs-4zE-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I'm trying to format a new USB flash drive and I get this: > > ==> mount | grep sdh > > ==> mkfs.vfat /dev/sdh1 > mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24) > mkfs.vfat: /dev/sdh1 contains a mounted filesystem. > > ==> mkfs /dev/sdh1 > works > I said half-resolved, as I found a line with /dev/sdh1 in /etc/mtab. Removing it solved the problem, but remains the question: why /etc/mtab was not updated? best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel
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mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 17:10 +0100
Re: mkfs problem Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-03-10 17:40 +0100
Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
Re: mkfs problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 18:30 +0100
Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 18:40 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 19:10 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 20:00 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 20:40 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 22:00 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 23:50 +0100
Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-11 00:00 +0100
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